[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      PASS GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, 2 weeks ago the U.S. Senate did the right 
thing and passed modest gun safety legislation to keep guns out of the 
hands of our kids. Now it is time the House of Representatives do the 
right thing.
  I was saddened to read in the paper this morning that the Republican 
leadership is playing games with gun safety legislation. Two weeks ago, 
instead of allowing us to vote on the gun safety package passed by the 
other body, the Republican leadership told us that they needed more 
time for hearings to proceed in the regular order. Now what we have 
found out is that what they really needed was more time for the 
National Rifle Association to wage a grassroots campaign and to water 
down gun safety legislation.
  The Republican leadership is pulling a bait and switch on the 
American people. It is time to stop playing games with the deadly 
serious issue of gun safety for children. We should vote on the Senate 
gun safety package, not a watered down, NRA written, loophole filled, 
sham bill.
  Madam Speaker, this is the people's House, it is not the NRA's House, 
and the American people want gun safety legislation. Let us have a fair 
and open debate on gun safety legislation.

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